Tea Cookies I Food

CHAI TEA COOKIES

Steps:

• Combine flour, white sugar, powdered sugar, tea mix, and salt in a food processor or small chopper. Pulse until tea is pulverized and distributed throughout the dry ingredients. Mix in cinnamon, ginger, cardamom, allspice, and cloves. Add butter and vanilla extract. Pulse together just until a rough dough is formed.
• Scrape out dough onto a piece of wax or parchment paper. Form dough into an 8-inch log. Cover with paper and roll the log until smooth. Chill for at least 30 minutes.
• Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C). Line 2 baking sheets with parchment paper or silicone baking mat.
• Use a sharp knife to slice the chilled log of dough into 1/3-inch-thick pieces. Place on the baking sheets.
• Bake in the preheated oven until edges are just beginning to brown, 10 to 12 minutes. Let cool on the baking sheets for 5 minutes. Transfer to wire racks to cool completely.

RUSSIAN TEA COOKIES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400 degrees. In a large bowl, cream butter and 1/2 cup powdered sugar until smooth. Add almond and vanilla extracts. Slowly add flour and salt to butter mixture, and mix until incorporated. Mix in pecans and walnuts.
• Use a cookie scooper to scoop the dough and then roll into balls (or use your hands to form 1" balls). Bake for 10-12 minutes. (These cookies barely brown, so if they don't look done, it's okay!).
• Roll in powdered sugar while still warm, and roll again when cool.

OLD-FASHIONED TEA COOKIES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 325°. In a bowl, cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy, 5-7 minutes. Beat in the egg and vanilla. Gradually add flour. Roll dough into 1-in. balls. Place 2 in. apart on ungreased baking sheets; flatten slightly with fingers. , Bake until edges are golden brown, 17-20 minutes. Cool for 2 minutes before removing to wire racks to cool completely. Dust with confectioners' sugar.

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Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 325 degrees.
• Cream together ¾ of a cup of butter and 1 cup white sugar until light and fluffy.
• Add in 1 egg, 2 tbsp. of corn syrup, and 1 tsp. lemon extract.
• Stir in your dry ingredients: 2 cups of all-purpose flour, 1 tsp. of baking soda, and 1 tsp. of baking powder.
• Cover dough and chill in the refrigerator for at least one hour.
• Line a cookie sheet with parchment paper and roll cookie dough into even, walnut-sized balls.
• Roll the dough balls in ½ of a cup of white sugar and place them on the cookie sheet.
• Bake until lightly browned, or twelve minutes.

TEA COOKIES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Cream butter and sugar. Add eggs and beat well. Add dry ingredients a little at a time. Add vanilla. Drop by teaspoons on a parchment-lined baking sheet. Bake for 15 to 20 minutes. Do not over cook. Cool on racks.

TEA COOKIES I

Steps:

• Beat together the butter and confectioners' sugar till creamy. Add vanilla.
• Mix the dry ingredients, stir into creamy mixture. Blend well.
• Add the nuts, mix well, roll the dough out into two balls. Wrap in plastic wrap and chill for at least 1 hour in the refrigerator.
• Flatten dough out and cut into 15 or 20 equal size pieces, shape into balls. Place on ungreased cookie sheet.
• Bake at 375 degrees F (190 degrees C) for 10 to 12 minutes till firm but not brown. While still warm roll into confectioners' sugar, let cool and roll again.

TEA COOKIES

Steps:

• In a large bowl, beat the butter until smooth. Beat in the sugar a little at a time. Beat in the salt. Add the flour in three batches, alternating with additions of 1/4 cup of water, stirring well after each addition. Cover the bowl with plastic wrap and refrigerate for at least 1 hour.
• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees. Remove the chilled dough from the refrigerator and use your hands to roll it into very small balls about 1/2 to 3/4 of an inch in diameter. Transfer the cookies to ungreased cookie sheets.
• Bake until the bottoms of the cookies just turn golden, about 15 to 20 minutes. Cool on a wire rack.

EARL GREY TEA COOKIES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375°F
• Pulse together all the dry ingredients in a food processor until the tea leaves are pulverized.
• Add vanilla, water, and butter; pulse together until a dough is formed.
• Divide the dough in half, placing each half on a sheet of plastic wrap.
• Roll each half into a 12-inch log.
• Wrap and chill for 30 minutes.
• Slice each log into 1/3 inch thick pieces.
• Place on baking sheets lined with parchment paper or foil, 2 inches apart.
• Bake until the edges are just brown, about 12 minutes.
• Let cool on sheets for 5 minutes, then transfer to wire racks.

TEA CAKES

Steps:

• In a bowl, whisk together the flour,baking powder, baking soda, salt, and nutmeg.
• In a stand mixer fitted with the paddle attachment, cream together the butter and sugar on medium speed until light and fluffy, 2 to 3 minutes. Scrape down the sides of the bowl. Add the eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition. Scrape down the sides of the bowl again, then beat in the buttermilk and vanilla.
• Gradually add the flour mixture, beating just until smooth and well blended. Divide the dough in half. Flatten each half into a disc. Wrap in plastic and refrigerate until chilled and slightly stiff, at least 1 hour, but overnight ideally.
• Preheat the oven to 375°F. Line baking sheets with parchment paper.
• On a lightly floured surface, working with one portion at a time, roll the dough to a ¼-inch thickness. Cut with a floured 1½-inch round biscuit cutter. Gather the scraps, reroll, and cut again. Sprinkle lightly with demerara sugar. Transfer the tea cakes to the baking sheets and space them about 1 inch apart.
• Bake until the tea cakes are lightly browned, 8 to 10 minutes. Cool on the pan for 1 minute, then transfer to a wire rack to cool completely. The tea cakes will keep for about 2 weeks in an airtight container.